Joan Tewkesbury
Born: 1936-04-08 in Redlands, California, USA
Known For: Writing
Biography
Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, playwright, author, producer, choreographer and actress. She had a long association with the celebrated director Robert Altman, writing the screenplays for Thieves Like Us (1974), and Nashville (1975), widely regarded as "Altman's masterpiece", and which earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. She has directed numerous hours of episodic television, including for Disney, HBO, CBS, TNT, and NBC. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Tewkesbury, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Breakdown: 1975 as Self
2016
- Way Out on a Limb as Self
2013
- The Making of 'Nashville' as Self
2003
2001
- The Guardian ... (Director)
2000
- Altman on His Own Terms as Self
1998
- Felicity ... (Director)
- Scattering Dad ... (Director)
1997
- Nothing Sacred ... (Director)
1996
1994
- On Promised Land ... (Director)
1992
- Strangers ... (Director)
- The Player as Joan Tewkesbury
1991
- Wild Texas Wind ... (Director)
1990
- Northern Exposure ... (Director)
- Shannon's Deal ... (Director)
- Sudie and Simpson ... (Director)
1989
- Doogie Howser, M.D. ... (Director)
- Cold Sassy Tree ... (Director)
1988
- Calling the Shots as Self
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ... (Director)
1983
- A Night In Heaven ... (Writer)
1981
- The Acorn People ... (Director)
1979
- Old Boyfriends ... (Director)
- The Tenth Month ... (Teleplay)
1975
- Nashville as Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice)
1974
- Thieves Like Us as Lady in Train Station
1971
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Townsperson
1964
- Man's Favorite Sport? as Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
1960
- Peter Pan as Ostrich
1956
- Peter Pan as Ostrich
1955
- Peter Pan as Ostrich